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Wednesday, 4 September 2013

Ibinabo dragged to court

Disgruntled members of the Actors Guild of Nigeria(AGN) have
dragged president of the guild Ibinabo Fiberesima to court. Actor, Mc Smith Ochendo is contesting the presidency
of the former beauty queen, who he claims should not head AGN based on a
section of the guild’s constitution, which he claims forbids an indicted or
ex-convict from being President of the guild.

Ochendo tagged his fight as the ‘Battle to save AGN from
imminent collapse’. According to him, “I am not fighting Ibinabo, I only want
to know if Ibinabo should be AGN President or not. There is nothing personal in
this.”

Ochendo further said, “I am only asking the court to
interpret the section 4U of the [AGN] constitution which reads, ‘a candidate
for election shall in addition to any other credentials, not at any point in
time been convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction or a tribunal under
any indictment.”

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Ibinabo keenly contested the election with the duo of Steve
Eboh and Emeka Rollas in 2012 and she won by majority votes. Since then, she
has embarked on some reformation to the surprise of those that are not involved
in the politics of AGN.

Her tenure has caused many A-list stars to embrace AGN as
against what it used to be in the past. However, Ibinabo has been fired from
all corners both within and outside the guild. Her Presidency has been
questioned, while some of those who earlier worked for her are pitching their
tents against her.